I08 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



Dr. Wood. 1 will be glad to do what I can, Mr. President. 

 If there are any of them that I cannot answer I will have to 

 pass them. 



With reference to this question, from my experience I do 

 not think it v/ould. I have never figured to prove that a tight 

 house with an open front would save anything in the feed bill. 

 I do not count upon saving in the feed bill. I give a hen all 

 she needs to eat.' I would not have a tight house anyway. I 

 do not know how Mr. Almy would answer that question, but 

 that is my answer to it. 



Secretary Brown. Here is a question. " Do you believe 

 there is anything in the theory of handling eggs during the in- 

 cubator period with an oil preparation deposited on the shell 

 over the ends having a tendency to so destroy evaporation as 

 to lessen the chance of a good hatch?" 



Dr. Wood. There is nothing in that. • I handle my eggs, 

 and I get just as good a hatch as anybody else with an incu- 

 bator. I turn the eggs twice a day. I turn the eggs before I 

 fill my lamp. Anything that the eggs get from your hands 

 will not do them a bit of harm. Kerosene oil will do thern 

 harm sometimes. 



Question. In the case of roup or a roupy cold how should 

 creolin be used and how much? 



Dr. Wood. I tried to make that clear this afternoon. I use 

 equal parts of creolin and ^vater. I take a little bit of absorbent 

 cotton, twist it around, and swab out the throat of the fowl, 

 or wash their mouth. If I do not think they have enough 

 I inject it, sometimes stick the head in. I make use of a tea- 

 spoonful of creolin in a quart of water and dip their heads. It 

 might do a whole lot of good. 



Question. In cholera cases should a two per cent, solution 

 of sulphuric acid be used ? 



Dr. Wood. That is merely as to the amount. If it is used 

 a> a disinfectant it is all right. When it is used about the 



